The director of Xinhua's office in Damascus said that what they witnessed during their visit affirms the existence of armed groups and that they committed inhumane crimes and wide scale vandalism in the city, noting that the army played a vital role in restoring security and stability to the city.

Rousseff's anti-inflation drive marks a sharp contrast to Brazil's policy approach during the 2008-09 crisis, when her predecessor Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva opened the floodgates for new budget spending and state-subsidized credit.

Lula's policies ultimately eased the global recession's effect on Brazil, but also created a major inflation headache that has largely defined Rousseff's first year in power.

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Disappearance of National Identity in S. Korea Deplored

The reform and opening about which the south Korean authorities talk a great deal are little short of the U.S. call for becoming its slaves.

THE SUPERPOWER'S DECLARATION OF WORLD $LAVERY

In order to bring earlier national reunification it is necessary to value and develop the national culture and to this end all Koreans are required to dynamically turn out in the actions to achieve it